Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Camas, Washington
Honored By
Thomas E. Dent, Sr.
Relationship
Friend
SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE U.S. NAVY ARMED GUARD DETAIL ABOARD THE LIBERTY SHIP USS WILLIAM DAWES AND WAS WOUNDED WHEN THE SHIP WAS SUNK BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE, 12 MILES OFF THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA IN 1942.